Species Astroceras compar Koehler, 1904

Museums

Regional Maps

• Astroceras compar Koehler, R. 1904. Ophiures de mer profonde. Siboga-Expéditie Report 45(a): 1-176 pls 1-36 [158-159, pl. 22(5), 30(9), 32(3)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMA E2047 2 specimens (Siboga stn 251), Kapulauan Kai (Kei Islands), 204m [5°28.4'S, 132°0.2'E]; ZMA E2048 2 specimens (Siboga stn 254), Kapulauan Kai (Kei Islands), 310m [5°40'S, 132°26'E].
• Astroceras verrucosum Koehler, R. 1930. Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 89: 1-295 pls 1-22 [29-32, pl. 4(6-8)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMUC 4 specimens (MPE Kei Is stn 59), Indonesia, 385m [5°28'S, 132°36'E]; ZMUC 1 specimen (MPE Kei Is stn 62), Indonesia, 290m [5°29.4'S, 132°50'E]; ZMUC 1 specimen (MPE Kei Is stn 50), Indonesia, 233m [5°34'S, 132°25.7'E];
  Status unknown, ZMUC 3 specimens (MPE Kei Is stn 41), Indonesia, 245m [5°28.6'S, 132°28'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mortensen, T. 1933. Studies of Indo-Pacific euryalids. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 96: 1-75 figs 1-57 pls 1-5 [54-56, fig. 39-41] (as Astroceras compar)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

 

General References

Clark, H.L. 1915. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 25(4): 165-376, pls 1-20 [179] (as Astroceras compar)

Clark, H.L. 1939. Ophiuroidea. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 6(2): 29-136, figs 1-62 [39] (as Astroceras compar)

Döderlein, L. 1927. Indopacifische Euryalae. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 31(6): 1-105 pls 1-10 [80, pl. 9(2-2b,3-3a)] (as Astroceras compar)

Koehler, R. 1930. Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 89: 1-295 pls 1-22 [23-24] (as Astroceras compar)

 

History of changes

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		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED